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Mantra In BlueDramatic, foreboding strings and cymbal-rolls open this ethereal, romantic and sensual track as it builds to a warm, carefree shuffle.https://www.smartsound.com/artist/images/ASMR02_200.jpgSingle7100149-ST$ 39.957100149-EX$ 69.957100149-W$ 149.95Instrument: Orchestra, Studio Orchestra, Flute, Harp, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Instrumental Keywords: Mysterious, Atmospheric, Brooding, Desolate, Dissonant, Dramatic, Ethereal, Haunting, Hypnotic, Incessant, Mystical, Sad, Scary, Serious, Sinister, Somber, Suspenseful, Tense, Uncertain, Ambient, Emotional, Dark, Tormented Genre: Orchestral, Indie Artist Production Types: TV/ Film Drama, Cinematic, Documentary, Indie Film, Film Trailer, Action-Drama, Biography, Background
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Time In MindElectronic keys and cymbal swells create an endearing, gentle, breezy but ethereal and haunting tune.https://www.smartsound.com/artist/images/ASMR02_200.jpgSingle7100152-ST$ 39.957100152-EX$ 69.957100152-W$ 149.95Instrument: Orchestra, Guitar (Electric), Percussion, Piano, Strings, Synthesizer, Instrumental, Guitar Keywords: Driving, Positive, Inspirational, Atmospheric, Confident, Gentle, Heartwarming, Hypnotic, Incessant, Inspiring, Majestic, Motivating, Refined, Reflective, Serene, Serious, Soothing, Tender, Touching, Ambient, Hopeful, Poignant, Quiet Genre: Earthy, Orchestral, Indie Artist, New Age, Indie Production Types: TV/ Film Drama, Commercials, Corporate, Documentary, Indie Film, Film Trailer, Biography, Corporate Communications, Background
Time In Mind from the album Captivating Portraits
Bipartisan ArtisanAn uplifting and triumphant orchestral setting marches with percussive and majestic intensity.https://www.smartsound.com/strata/images/STRATOH_200.jpgSingle7100155-ST$ 39.957100155-EX$ 69.957100155-W$ 149.95Instrument: Orchestra, Studio Orchestra, Brass Section, Oboe, Strings, Instrumental Keywords: Inspirational, Confident, Dignified, Dramatic, Fierce, Inspiring, Patriotic, Reflective, Serious, Solemn, Touching, Triumphant, Hopeful, Emotional, Poignant, Military Genre: Elegant, Processional, Orchestral Production Types: March/Patriotic, Cinematic, Documentary, Nature, Epic, Biography, Tribute/Memorial, Background
Bipartisan Artisan from the album Orchestral Hues
Fragile DreamA strong, descending string line is juxtaposed with an ascending flute line, creating a backdrop ideal for two strong characters. A solo piano interlude establishes a steady yet subtle determination, which resolves to a restatement of the opening juxtaposed string and flute lines to bring our two characters back for a final statement.https://www.smartsound.com/strata/images/STRATTM_200.jpgSingle70403-ST$ 39.9570403-EX$ 69.9570403-W$ 149.95Instrument: Orchestra, Flute, Piano, Strings, Instrumental Keywords: Delicate, Dramatic, Heartwarming, Melancholy, Reflective, Sad, Serious, Solemn, Tender, Uncertain, Drama, Emotional, Poignant Genre: Orchestral Production Types: Documentary, Nature, Religion, Biography, Spoken Word/Narration, Tribute/Memorial
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World Comes To LifeThis emotional track features piano and strings, and is ideal for both romantic and mysterious scenes.https://www.smartsound.com/strata/images/STRATIFF_200.jpgSingle68411-ST$ 39.9568411-EX$ 69.9568411-W$ 149.95Instrument: Orchestra, Flute, Harp, Oboe, Piano, Strings, Violin, Instrumental Keywords: Mysterious, Calm, Delicate, Dramatic, Ethereal, Heartwarming, Pensive, Reflective, Serious, Drama, Mellow, Emotional Genre: Orchestral Production Types: TV/ Film Drama, Indie Film
World Comes To Life from the album Indie Film Fest
Hard WayA slow tempo, dramatic-themed track, perfect for intimate moments or sad, sorrow-filled scenes. Features piano and strings.https://www.smartsound.com/strata/images/STRATUD_200.jpgSingle66804-ST$ 39.9566804-EX$ 69.9566804-W$ 149.95Instrument: Orchestra, Piano, Strings, Instrumental Keywords: Dramatic, Pensive, Sensual, Serious, Ambient, Drama, Investigative, Poignant Genre: Orchestral, Ballad, Downtempo, Urban Production Types: TV/ Film Drama, Reality TV
Hard Way from the album Urban Drama
Under Surveillance-SSA mysterious tune, as the title suggests, perfect for detecting or spying on someone, possibly a loved one.https://www.smartsound.com/strata/images/STRATUD_200.jpgSingle66807-ST$ 39.9566807-EX$ 69.9566807-W$ 149.95Instrument: Orchestra, Strings, Synthesizer, Instrumental Keywords: Mysterious, Hypnotic, Incessant, Serious, Ambient, Investigative Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop, Orchestral, Electronic Production Types: TV/ Film Drama, Commercials, Reality TV
Under Surveillance-SS from the album Urban Drama
Alone At LastA light and longing work, great for emotional story lines.https://www.smartsound.com/strata/images/STRATNB2_200.jpgSingle67001-ST$ 39.9567001-EX$ 69.9567001-W$ 149.95Instrument: Orchestra, Strings, Acoustic, Instrumental Keywords: Mysterious, Dramatic, Eerie, Melancholy, Pensive, Sad, Serious, Somber, Touching, Ambient, Drama, Mellow Genre: Ballad, Lyrical, Indie, Orchestral Production Types: TV/ Film Drama, Cinematic, Documentary, Indie Film, Short Film, Action-Drama, Background
Alone At Last from the album Narration Backgrounds II
Border ConflictWith worldly accents, this dramatic orchestral piece can add some exotic mystery to the proceedings.https://www.smartsound.com/strata/images/STRATNB2_200.jpgSingle67002-ST$ 39.9567002-EX$ 69.9567002-W$ 149.95Instrument: Orchestra, Oud, Strings, Acoustic, Instrumental Keywords: Mysterious, Ominous, Bold, Dramatic, Sad, Serious, Sinister, Drama, Investigative Genre: Exotic, Indie, Orchestral Production Types: TV/ Film Drama, Cinematic, Documentary, Indie Film, Short Film, Action-Drama
Border Conflict from the album Narration Backgrounds II
Light At The End Of The TunnelA tender and poignant orchestral work, slow and heartfelt.https://www.smartsound.com/strata/images/STRATNB2_200.jpgSingle67004-ST$ 39.9567004-EX$ 69.9567004-W$ 149.95Instrument: Orchestra, Strings, Acoustic, Instrumental Keywords: Atmospheric, Gentle, Melancholy, Passionate, Pensive, Reflective, Serious, Tender, Drama Genre: Romantic, Ballad, Indie, Orchestral Production Types: TV/ Film Drama, Cinematic, Indie Film, Short Film, Action-Drama
Light At The End Of The Tunnel from the album Narration Backgrounds II
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My County Championship team of the season - Kevin Howells
The county season was tough going at times this year because of the weather, but there was still plenty of enjoyable cricket to admire.
I overheard someone who mainly follows mainly the international scene say that the CB40 final was the best game of the season, but every week we seemed to get finishes to rival that one.
Picking my County Championship team of the year is a job I almost hate because difficult choices have to be made and deserving candidates have to be left out.
This year no Derbyshire player gets in - although Martin Guptill and Tony Palladino and Ross Whiteley came close - despite the story of their promotion being my favourite of the year.
And I have not found room for anyone from Sussex, even though until the last few weeks they were challenging for three titles - Chris Nash and Steve Magoffin are especially unlucky.
In the end, I have gone for players who entertained me the most (although some are not necessarily in their usual batting position).
1. Varun Chopra, Warwickshire - 1,028 runs @ 41.14
Scored a thousand runs in a Championship-winning side. Also clearly a man who went away in the previous winter and worked as hard as possible to improve his game. Looked more prepared to score the ugly runs and stay patient, which is something I saw more of generally this year.
2. Joe Root, Yorkshire - 738 runs @ 43.41
He gets my vote because he's worth paying money to see. He gets runs when teams need them and in the big games. Nothing seems to faze him on the field. Confident and skilful.
3. Nick Compton, Somerset - 1,191 runs @ 99.25
His stats as the highest run-scorer speak for themselves and what an average of 99.25! He is a great advert for a hard-working county cricketer - stick at it and your time may come. Good lad to work with in the commentary box as well, although if he has his way over the next few seasons he may not have time to join us again.
4. Chris Rogers, Middlesex - 1,086 runs @ 40.22
If you see a Middlesex scorecard and they are going well, you always know who has got the runs. If the going gets tough, Rogers is a man you would call for. I've put him at four because I can and because he has to be in the XI.
5. Shiv Thakor, Leicestershire - 427 @ 61.00
Chosen on the basis of promise and hearsay, rather than stats, although an average of 61 from six matches is not bad going. Other middle-order men like James Hildreth and Ashwell Prince to name but two might deserve a call ahead of this teenager but I can't leave out someone whose name was more talked about than any other in press boxes of late.
6. Chris Read, Nottinghamshire - 975 runs @ 48.75; 43 catches; 1 stumping
I know! I know! I know! Every season the same man behind the stumps but it was a close call this season with Hampshire's Michael Bates being so impressive, as shown in the CB40 final, and Tim Ambrose back on top of his game
7. Peter Trego, Somerset - 600 runs @ 33.33; 50 wickets @ 31.08
Bat or ball, the 31-year-old makes things happen. He also took on a big workload when others were absent injured and stepped up to assist a very young Somerset attack. He's an entertainer and with a Somerset crowd behind him a good time is had by all. Whether or not Somerset are the second best team in the country, finishing runners up in the Championship is testament to men such as Trego.
8. Azeem Rafiq, Yorkshire - 265 runs @ 29.44; 26 wickets @ 24.34
Exciting young off-spinner who plays the game hard, qualities which led to him being given the captaincy during the T20 campaign. He is another player who, when he enters the action, I get a feeling something is about to happen. Also scores valuable runs, none more so than those in the win over Essex that secured promotion.
9. Toby Roland-Jones, Middlesex - 61 wickets @ 19.13
His inclusion is based on the number of times I've had to mention him on the radio scoreboards. A bit like Chris Rogers (see above), you always know when Middlesex are taking wickets it will either be him or Tim Murtagh, who is an ideal foil.
10. Graham Onions, Durham - 64 wickets @ 14.98
Durham's brilliant run at the end of the season suggests they should be back challenging next summer and if Onions is available often enough they will take some beating. His desire to take wickets and win games kept the team afloat and from here they can build again.
11. Chris Wright (Warwickshire) - 62 wickets @ 24.06
Some suggested I should name the entire Warwickshire bowling attack and indeed they've clearly had a great year under Graeme Welch, but Wright's pace, wickets and 'from sacked to championship winner' story is one of the more enjoyable tales from the game.
Comment number 18. Posted by eddie-georgeon 21 Sept 2012 13:37
Kevin - can you get a message to your Beeb colleagues who keep wrongly reporting Compton was the only English qualified to score a 1000 championship runs? It's a bleeding epidemic.
That said, Compton was clearly the stand out English batsman of the season, and it would be very noteable if his county-honed technique proves good enough at test level.
Comment number 17. Posted by the other Bob Wilsonon 21 Sept 2012 11:42
I see this thread is full of the usual paranoia you see regarding players from the team the poster supports not being selected - well, as a Glamorgan supporter, that's not an issue with me this season!
Not seen Thakor play, but those are impressive figures (especially in a struggling side) and I agree with those who say that Root gets in on reputation rather than achievement.
Comment number 16. Posted by thetruthon 21 Sept 2012 10:28
Old Salt, agreed. Sam Northeast averaged 55 in the Championship, why has he not been mentioned? Why is everyone raving about Root when he has not delivered bar one innings...
Comment number 15. Posted by Old Salton 21 Sept 2012 07:51
Re Joe Root. ".. gets runs when the team needs them..." Really ? If you disregard his 222 not out then its 516 runs at an average of under 25 in Division 2 this season.
Comment number 14. Posted by Prit Chon 20 Sept 2012 22:11
KH please refer to #4 and please refer to the PCA awards regarding Warwickshire....
Comment number 13. Posted by 00Mike26on 20 Sept 2012 21:23
"How can this side not include any Hampshire players, when they won two out of three domestic trophies this year?"
Did you not read the headline? Hampshire won 4 games out of 16 and came 4th in division 2. Why would any of their players be in a County Championship XI?
Having said that, the inclusion of Rafiq seems to be based on t20 and CB40 performances.
Comment number 12. Posted by wharfeseameron 20 Sept 2012 19:52
Please read KH's introduction... he says, clearly, that these are the 11 players who ENTERTAINED him the most not necessarily what he feels is the best county XI....
KH - "In the end, I have gone for players who entertained me the most (although some are not necessarily in their usual batting position)"
Comment number 11. Posted by hopeforthebeston 20 Sept 2012 19:00
Is this a T20 side.
Comment number 10. Posted by hudjeron 20 Sept 2012 16:18
Keith Barker from Warwicks should be in there. Important /Top order wickets, and chipped in a few runs
Comment number 9. Posted by Susexspurson 20 Sept 2012 15:26
Sussex, close to top of Div 1, semi's for other KO comps. Why no Panesar, Luke Wright or Steve McGoffin . Also hate to agree but also no Hants players ?????????????
Why the anti South Coast bias
Comment number 8. Posted by Mathnaon 20 Sept 2012 15:23
Good point from Paul about David Masters and good player in a poor side (I'm a Life Member there...) also from an Essex perspective two former players (Wright and Chopra) in this side...
Comment number 7. Posted by Facemanon 20 Sept 2012 15:11
No Hampshire players and only 2 Warwickshire players? Maybe Kevin didn't get to many games this year!
Also no Darren Stevens?!?!? look at the MVP ratings
Comment number 6. Posted by Paulon 20 Sept 2012 14:19
@2 because Hampshire finished 4th in Div 2 - the competition this blog was based upon.
Might suggest Craig Kieswetter averaging 50 as wk, fairly impressive
I'd also pick David Masters who carries Essex at times
Comment number 5. Posted by Andyon 20 Sept 2012 12:52
Can't believe you have mentioned Michael Bates after his behaviour in the CB40 final. Why has no-one picked up on the fact that he claimed a batsman had been bowled near the end after he pushed the wickets over.
Comment number 4. Posted by Prit Chon 20 Sept 2012 12:31
Bit dissapointed with only 2 Warwickshire players in considering the season they have had. Ambrose over Read any day of the week and where was Woakes....
Comment number 3. Posted by None Of The Aboveon 20 Sept 2012 12:27
@1: agree about Rafiq; great prospect but didn't do enough this season to merit inclusion. I'd love to see some of the Englishmen mentioned here get a chance at full international ahead of the swellheads, bullies & figjams.
Oh, & Kevin - of course Somerset aren't 2nd best in the country. It was a fluke, like every other time they do well. Back to SE England with you.
Comment number 2. Posted by afcbsupporteron 20 Sept 2012 12:19
How can this side not include any Hampshire players, when they won two out of three domestic trophies this year?
Comment number 1. Posted by Jimmyon 20 Sept 2012 12:04
Azeem Rafiq is a bizarre inclusion ahead of Panesar, Patel, Wainwright, Kerrigan and others. You may get the feeling "something is about to happen" but the stats show that that something was more often runs than it was wickets. He took less than 30 all year!
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Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) is up 32.91% over the last month, from $2.37 to $3.15 and has been one of the top performing mid-cap stocks recently. For the first time since October, Sprint has been able to hold above the $3 level. Formerly, the stock was stuck between the October low at $2.10 and $3, but the breakout signifies a further advance could be under way. The target based on the breakout is $3.90. Back in 2010 and early 2011, $3.75 to $4 was a support area that may now pose resistance. While the direction appears to have turned higher in this stock, a drop back below $3 negates some of the bullishness. Moves below $2.75 and $2.44, both support, mean the trend is not higher after all, and the stock is likely to continue to move sideways or head toward primary support at $2.10.
Questcor Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq:QCOR) struggled to breach 2011 levels, even when the market was trending higher earlier in the 2012, but it too appears to have now broken out. The stock is up 26.55% in the last month from $40.71 to $51.52, and recently put in a fresh 52-week high at $51.88. With the long-term and short-term trend higher, there is no immediate upside resistance, and the breakout target is $58 to $60. There is a support band between $46 and $44; a drop below indicates the stock is moving back into the range between $45 and $32.83.
SEE: Blending Technical And Fundamental Analysis
Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) has been moving aggressively higher over the last several sessions, as it pierced through the psychological $100 mark. The stock is up 21.85% from $84.10 to $102.48 in the last month. Primary support is at $92 and marks the long-term breakout point. If a pullback toward this point occurs, it presents a buying opportunity. If the stock moves much below this, though, the breakout may be false and the stock could proceed lower. The next support levels are $88 and $81. There is little overhead resistance at the current time, but the steep price action is likely to be unsustainable and some sort of pullback is probable in the short-term.
Seattle Genetics (Nasdaq:SGEN) is in a long-term choppy trend higher, but has recently accelerated to the upside. The stock is up 17.78% from $21.43 to $25.24 in the last month, performing very well on this market bounce. The upper band of a long-term trend channel going back to 2009 is currently crossing right near $26. This indicates that $26 is a likely resistance point. If the stock can't push through it, watch for a correction. $22.50 to $22 is the nearest daily support level, and if breached, it signals a further decline to $20.
Ocwen Financial (NYSE:OCN) is up 21.02% from $14.89 to $18.02 in the last month and has been in a strong trend higher since end of 2010. The trend channel for this stock also indicates it is nearing the upper band, and a potential resistance zone. $18.50 to $19, if the stock reaches that level, could be a short-term topping area. Support is at $16.50, with a drop below that signaling a decline to the long-term trend line support at $15.
SEE: Support And Resistance Reversals
The Bottom Line
The last month has produced some big winners as the stock market has managed to rally off its lows. Some of these stocks are likely to top out soon. Watch the resistance areas when applicable; if the stock can't get through it, it will likely correct lower. On the other hand, there are a couple stocks that still look like they have room to move. Having broken long-term patterns these stocks may continue to lead this market higher. No matter what stock though, a drop below support is a warning signal and indicates the upside may be over - at least for the short-term.
At the time of writing, Cory Mitchell did not own shares in any of the stocks mentioned in this article.
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It's that time of year again! Please join our cast this year.
ALL ages and skills may skate in the show.
October 18th - Group Entry Fee Due
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Group practices will be held on Saturdays beginning on October 31st. Most groups will have a one hour session (30 minutes off ice and 30 minutes on ice), either from 10:30-11:30 or 11:30-12:30, depending on the group. A final practice schedule with specific times for each group will be sent out after placement day.
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Audition Schedule
Tuesday, September 22nd, 4:00-5:30 pm
Friday, September 25th, 4:00-5:30 pm
If time allows, there will be a brief warm-up at the beginning and middle of each audition session. Please be at the rink no later than 30 minutes before your scheduled time.
Audition Requirements
Skaters must have PASSED ISI FS5 and/or USFS Pre-Juvenile Free Skate OR be 13 years of age or older and have PASSED ISI FS4 and/or USFS Preliminary Free Skate.
Audition Fee
A $20 audition fee must accompany your audition application; this fee covers the cost of the audition ice. Show registration forms and fees for principals will be due following principal announcements.
Audition Process
Skaters will audition individually at their scheduled times. Each skater must perform a prepared program (1-3 minutes). Auditions are closed to spectators (this includes coaches, parents, and other skaters).
Judging Process
Principals are selected based on several factors, including (but not limited to) skating strength and ability, presentation, age, level, experience and attitude during past participation. Judges are looking for skaters who show strong "stage presence" and theatrics, so smile and express yourself! Preference may be given to older skaters and skaters who have demonstrated an active role in the sport and in their club, so it is very important to fully fill out the section for previous skating experience. Skaters are typically not given the same roles they had in previous years, unless the judges see fit to do so. Having a principal part in past performances does not guarantee receiving one this year.
Skaters auditioning should be committed to the show in general. All parts are important and the director makes every effort to highlight a skater's skills and strengths, regardless of the part assigned. If you are not offered a principal role, we highly encourage you to participate in a high-level group number, which will be formed in October.
Principal assignments will be emailed and posted on the Metro Edge Figure Skating Club bulletin board at the Webster Ice Arena and online at www.NutcrackerOnIce.org no later than Wednesday, September 23rd. The decisions of the judging panel are final, and any additional roles or changes to roles will NOT be accepted after the cast list is posted.
The judging panel will consist of dance, theatre and skating professionals. The goal of the mixed panel is to cast the show to achieve the best overall Nutcracker event. No parents, other skaters or coaches will be allowed to watch auditions. Only the judges will see the auditions and only the judging panel will have input into casting.
Rehearsal and Show Schedule
Principals are expected to work on their program during their own time, although they must be at both dress rehearsals. Some roles may require extra practice with the director, other principal parts, or group numbers and will be scheduled as needed by the director. The following roles are group leaders, and will be expected to attend their respective group practices: Butler, Governess, Mistress of Sweets, Mouse Shadow, Frost Princesses, Dragon, Aunt Cinnamon/Mother Ginger, Butterflies/Dew Drop Fairies. Group practices are held on Saturdays, Oct. 31-Dec 5 between 11:30-1:30.
Dress rehearsals:
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Tuesday, December 8th from 4pm- 6:45pm
Friday, December 11th 4pm-6:45pm.
Saturday, December 12th, 2:00 and 5:00 pm
Sunday, December 13th, 2:00 and 5:00 pm
(Note: Skaters will need to be at the rink at least 1 hour before show starts.)
If you have questions about the audition process, please contact Charity Hendrickson at 815-222-7689 or firstname.lastname@example.com. If you have questions about the show please contact Jannette McBride at 314-541-3633 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Show History - This version of Nutcracker on Ice was first performed in Rockford, IL in 1996. It was created and conceived by Sharon Whitlock (our director's mother) to give skaters the opportunity to perform this classic, timeless story of The Nutcracker, one of Tchaikovsky's most famous and beloved pieces of music. Sharon also wanted the public to have the chance to see The Nutcracker in a unique way—on ice! The show was produced for eight years in Rockford, IL and over those years involved hundreds of skaters and thousands of audience members. In addition, each year the show hosted a food drive to make the holidays a little easier for those who were less fortunate. Because of this, skaters not only had a fun experience skating in the show, but also learned the importance and gratification in giving to others.
The show was brought to St. Louis in 2005 by Sharon's daughter Charity, who moved to St. Louis to attend Saint Louis University. The first year was an overwhelming success! With two shows completely sold out and with little more than a week prior to the shows a third show was added to accommodate the amount of people who wanted to see this beautiful performance! Since that year, the show has continued to grow in every aspect. Each year we have had more skaters, more audience members, more food donations (yes, we continued the food drive), bigger sets, better costumes! The growth would not have been possible without the dedication of many skaters, coaches, parents, and volunteers! We hope to continue our growth with another successful year!
Our hope is that everybody who is involved in the show or sees the show is somehow touched by the magic of the story! Whether you are a skater in the show, volunteering for the show, or attending the show, we are confident that you will have a rewarding experience and be glad that you had a part in this amazing production!
Join MEFSC Nutcracker On Ice and Operation Food Search in helping to fight hunger in St. Louis!
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Canned Vegetables and Fruits (in natural juices)
Canned Pasta (Ravioli or any meat pasta)
Canned Chili & Canned Beans (including Pork 'n Beans)
Boxes of Individual Oatmeal Packets
Any packaged food items are accepted, but the most needed items are listed above. (please no glass containers!) Bring an item to the show. Together, we can impact lives one meal at a time!
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We offer a special experience for youth attending as a group. Click here for more information and youth group sales forms.
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As Bruce Lee says, your core is the 'centre of power.' It's where you generate explosive throws, knockout punches and kicks, and the ability to dominate your opponent on the ground. The first step to developing your core is to build your static stability. The best tool to do this is the Swiss Ball, training in all 3 planes of motion. Master the exercises described here and you're on your way to becoming a fighter to be feared.
When most people think of the core, they think of the six-pack. But the six-pack, which is the rectus abdominis muscle, is only one muscle of the core. The core consists of 3 areas: anterior, lateral, and posterior. Each area is made up of a number of different muscles, both superficial and deep.
So will doing hundreds of crunches fully develop your core? Not a chance. Instead, you've got to hit all 3 areas of the core, as well as train in the three planes of motion - transverse (rotational), frontal (sideways), and sagittal (front-back).
But before bringing dynamic movements into your routine, you've got to build a base level of stability.
Think of having a stable core vs. an unstable core like indoor volleyball vs. beach volleyball. You can jump much higher indoors off of a solid surface as opposed to the sand.
Well if you don't develop your core stability, you're basically throwing punches and kicks from a sandbox. Not good if your goal is to knock your opponent out.
The best way to train your core stability is using the Swiss ball. Because the Swiss ball is an unstable surface, in order to keep good exercise form, your muscles are forced to provide the stability lacking in the ball. Thus, not only your superficial muscles work to do the job, but also the deep muscles which are normally inactive when performing exercises on stable machines or the ground.
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Side bridge - put the ball under your hip and your feet flat against a wall, top leg back, bottom leg forward. You will be on your side on the ball. Now hold a perfectly straight bridge position on the ball, making sure your spine is in neutral. Build up to 90 seconds per side. Holding your arms across your chest is easier; holding your hands at your temples is harder.
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The invention relates to a method for indexing and retrieving multimedia data. More particularly, the invention relates to calculating a similarity index between at least two sets of multimedia information based on shape feature information extracted from multimedia data objects.
Large image and video sequence databases are used in a number of multimedia applications in fields such as entertainment, business, art, engineering, and science. Retrieving images or parts of sequences based on their content, has become an important operation.
Shape analysis methods play an important role in systems for object recognition, matching, registration, and analysis. However, retrieval by shape is still considered to be one of the most difficult aspects of content-based search.
The key to multimedia data retrieval is the following: the types of features of the multimedia data to be considered and how to express these features and how to compare between features.
A common problem in shape analysis research is how to judge the quality of a shape description/matching method. Not all methods are appropriate for all kinds of shapes and every type of application. Generally, a useful shape analysis scheme should satisfy the following conditions:
Known methods of representing shapes include the descriptors adopted by MPEG-7; Zernike moments [A. Khotanzan and Y. H. Hong. Invariant image recognition by zernike moments. IEEE Trans. PAMI, 12:489-497, 1990] and CSS [Farzin Mokhtarian, Sadegh Abbasi and Josef Kittler. Robust and Efficient Shape Indexing through Curvature Scale Space. British Machine Vision Conference, 1996]. For the Zernike moment shape descriptor, Zernike basis functions are defined for a variety of shapes in order to investigate the shape of an object within an image. Then, an image of fixed size is projected over the basis functions, and the resultant values are used as the shape descriptors. For the curvature scale space descriptor, the contour of an object is extracted and changes of curvature points along the contour are expressed in a scaled space. Then, the locations with respect to the peak values are expressed as a z-dimensional vector.
The Zernike moments and CSS descriptors have obvious advantages such as very fast feature matching and compact representation. Unfortunately, the majority of the compact shape descriptors (i.e. Zernike moments) are not robust to shape deformations. Others, like CSS, are robust but matching of such descriptors results in many false positives. The retrieval accuracy of the CSS method can be sometimes poor, especially for curves, which have a small number of concavities or convexities. In particular, this representation cannot distinguish between various convex curves. Another disadvantage of the compact descriptors is that their extraction is usually computationally expensive.
Although it is not a problem for creating databases (feature extraction is performed off-line), this makes it difficult (or even impossible) to use them for fast on-line comparison of two shapes provided as binary masks.
It is an object of the invention to provide a computationally efficient shape description/matching method for fast matching of two shapes provided as binary masks. It is a further object of the invention that this method be robust to shape deformations, and does not result in many false positive returns. It is yet a further objective that the technique of the present invention may be implemented in an on-line environment.
Accordingly the present invention provides an improved technique for effecting a measurement of the dissimilarity of two shapes. In accordance with a preferred embodiment a method of comparing at least two sets of multimedia data using shape information so as to provide a dissimilarity measure between the sets is provided, a first set forming a reference set and the second set being compared relative to the first set, the method comprising steps of;
providing a set of contour points for each set of multimedia data,
associating the contour points of the first set with contour points of the second set so as to define associated contour points,
calculating distances between said associated contour points, and wherein the distances between said associated contour points are used to determine a dissimilarity measure between said sets of multimedia data, thereby providing an indicator of the degree of similarity between the sets.
The set of contour points for each set of multimedia data is desirably obtained by tracing the boundary of each set of multimedia data.
The sets of contour points may be down-sampled to yield an equal number of approximately equally spaced apart contour points in each set.
The sets of contour points are desirably translation and scale-size normalised prior to association with one another.
The method may include the additional step of establishing starting points for each set of contour points, the starting points being established by defining all contour points for each set whose distances from a calculated centroid point of their respective contour are greater than a user-defined first percentage P1 of the most distant contour point from their respective centroid. The user may be enabled to input the first percentage P1.
Starting points are desirably established in a contiguous manner. The contiguous starting points are typically split into groups which contain less than a user-defined second percentage P2 of the total number of contour points. The user may be enabled to input the second percentage P2.
Each group of starting points is typically represented by the starting point which is most distant from the centroid.
A reference starting point is desirably taken as the most distant starting point on the set of contour points with the largest number of starting points, or the largest initial area, and for each starting point on the set to be compared, the set to be compared is rotated to align its starting point with the reference starting point.
Associated contour points are desirably associated with one another by providing a control point for each of the sets of contour points, and subsequently moving the control points sequentially along the contour of each set, and wherein the movement of the control points about the contour is used to associate contour points from each set with one another.
The movement of the control points for each set is preferably initiated at aligned starting points of each set.
At each step of movement of the control points about the contour, the distance between the two control points, the distance between the control point on the first set and the next contour point on the second set, and the distance between the control point on the second set and the next contour point on the first set is typically calculated, and the contour points with the smallest of these calculated distances are associated with each other.
The contour points are usually assigned until the control points have moved about all of the contour points.
The dissimilarity measure may be determined by effecting a measure of a scale-size normalised circumference of each set, determining the minimum of said circumferences, and further determining the average and the standard deviation of the distance between associated contour points.
The dissimilarity measure is typically provided by the equation:
D(A,B) is the dissimilarity degree between set A and set B
c denotes a user-defined constant which rescales values of the dissimilarity degree to a convenient range of values,
cirmin is the minimum circumference
|V| is the standard deviation of the distance between associated contour points.
In a preferred embodiment, a plurality of dissimilarity measures are calculated, each dissimilarity measure being associated with a specific alignment of the sets being compared, and wherein a final dissimilarity measure providing an overall indication of a level of equivalence between the sets is given as the lowest of all the calculated dissimilarity measures.
These and other features of the present invention will now be described with reference to the following drawings.
Some embodiments of the invention are hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:
According to the present invention a method of comparing at least two sets of multimedia data using shape information to provide a dissimilarity degree is provided. Within the present invention the concept of how to express features may be considered as a shape description whereas the comparison of features may be considered as shape matching. A dissimilarity degree or measure provides an indicator of the similarity between a first set of data and a second set which is tested against the first set. The sets of multimedia data are typically provided in the form of binary images or contours. The methodology of the present invention is typically implemented in a software sequence which is operational in two main stages: feature extraction 1 and feature matching 2.
In the first stage, the boundaries of the shapes from the input binary images are traced. The extracted contours are translation and scale-size normalized, and the most likely starting points for both shapes are estimated.
In the second stage the dissimilarity measure is calculated using features extracted in the first stage. The starting points from both shapes are assigned into pairs. Before evaluating the dissimilarity measure for a given pair of starting points, the rotation between these points is estimated and one of the shapes is rotated. The dissimilarity between two shapes is calculated for each pair of starting points. The lowest overall dissimilarity is taken as the dissimilarity degree measure between two shapes.
The sequence flow can be further separated into a series of individual steps which are illustrated below as forming a sequential operation.
Contour Tracing (Step 100)
In the contour tracing step, an ordered sequence of the boundary pixels is extracted.—To extract such a set, a technique such as contour tracing (which may also be known to the person skilled in the art as border following or boundary following) is applied to the input binary images. The application of such a tracing algorithm ignores any "holes" present in the shape. For example, with reference to
To explain the tracing algorithm, the concept of the 8-neighborhood [T. Pavlidis, Algorithms for Graphics and Image Processing, Computer Science Press, Rockville, Md., 1982] of a pixel first needs to be defined. As shown in
The tracing algorithm operates as illustrated in
From the current contour pixel, a search is performed in its neighborhood for the next contour pixel. To perform this search the current direction 8 is very important. It can be defined as a line connecting the previous contour pixel with the current contour pixel. The current direction is used to determine from which pixel in the current pixel neighborhood one should start to search for the next contour pixel. Note that the current direction does not change during the current pixel neighborhood search. It changes only when the next contour pixel is made the current contour pixel (one step forward in the contour). When the tracing begins, the current pixel is also the starting pixel. In this case the current direction is defined as the direction connecting the starting pixel with the pixel on top of it 7. This direction can be assumed because of the restriction that was made in choosing the starting pixel.
If the current contour pixel and previous contour pixel only share a vertex (this can be determined directly from the current direction), the searching starts from the pixel 9 which lies 90 degrees to the left of the current direction. In the worse case, the 6 shaded pixels 10 have to be checked. In the presented example the search finishes at the fourth pixel 11.
If the current contour pixel and previous contour pixel share an edge, the search starts from the pixel 12, which lies 45 degrees to the left of the current direction. The pixel on the left of the current contour pixel does not have to be checked, because it was already checked when the previous contour pixel neighborhood was searched. An example is shown in
When the next white pixel from the tracked contour is found, the algorithm moves to this pixel, making it the current contour pixel. Its coordinates are stored, the current direction is updated and its neighborhood is examined as explained above. This procedure continues until the starting pixel is visited again.
The proposed tracing algorithm can be easily and efficiently implemented. Modulus 8 operations or look-up tables can be used to determine which pixels in the current pixel neighborhood should be checked, and in which order. It will be appreciated that the above described is a preferred tracing algorithm but that any suitable alternative could also be used in the context of the present invention. It is convenient to determine and store the distances between contour pixels during the contour tracing, since the length of the whole contour as well as its separate segments has to be known at the next stage of the shape analysis algorithm. It can be performed in a very efficient manner using a concept known in literature as Freeman code or chain code (see: Freeman H. Computer processing of Line-Drawing Images, Computing Surveys Vol6, No 1, March 1974).
A chain code describes the boundary in terms of the directions of the line segments connecting a chain of pixels. The representation can be based on 4- or 8-connectivity. The direction of each segment is encoded using the numbering scheme illustrated in
Using the extracted contours, the technique then applies a normalization step to each of the two images to be compared (Step 105). This normalization step typically includes two sub-steps: firstly the extracted contours are downsampled and then the downsampled contours are translated and normalised with respect to one another.
Contour Down-Sampling (Step 105 b)
From the previous stage it will be understood that each set of data is now provided or represented as an ordered sequence (x,y) of the contour pixels and a chain code is also available. The purpose of this stage is to extract a vector of the contour points from the set of contour pixels, which will be equally distributed along the curve.
This stage is required because the similarity degree measure used in the shape analysis scheme of the present invention is based on distances between corresponding shape control points along the shape curve. Arising from this, an approximately equal number of contour points for both compared shapes is required (see
There are many heuristic approaches for approximating contour curves using a small number of vertices or segments. The general approach is splitting or merging contour segments until the chosen approximation error is achieved. In the proposed down-sampling algorithm the main aim is to extract contour points in such a way that they will be almost equally distributed along the contour, i.e. from the whole set of contour pixels a subset of pixels which are approximately equally distant will be chosen. This can be easily performed during one scan of the contour pixel sequence.
The maximum number of contour points for the shape is determined by its number of contour pixels. Since both shapes must have the same number of contour points, the maximum number of contour points for both shapes is defined by the number of contour pixels in the shape which has the smaller number of contour pixels. If the shape descriptors are stored in a database the number of contour points should be fixed for all shapes in this database.
According to the techniques of the present invention a selection of contour points is provided in a very simple and efficient manner. The idea is to move along the contour choosing the pixels for contour points. The position of the pixel along the contour can be efficiently calculated from the chain code.
As illustrated in
From this point on, the contour of the shape is represented by the ordered sequence (x(s),y(s)) of the contour points (vertices), where s denotes the position in the contour and can have integer values from 0 to N, where N denotes the total number of contour points used to represent the shape.
Translation and Scale Normalization (Step 105 c)
Clearly, moving a region from one location in the image to another and/or changing the size of it should not affect the shape analysis. Since the center of the shape is invariant to translation, rotation and scaling, the present invention utilises a location of the centroid of the shape as part of the method of solving the translation problem. In the presented approach, the centroid of the object curve is translated to coordinates (0,0), which make the object curve translation invariant. Scaling invariance may be obtained by normalizing the shape curve by shape area (see for example: Dinggang Shen, Horace H. S., Discriminative wavelet shape descriptors for recognition of 2-D patterns, Pattern Recognition 32, pp 151-156, 1999). This translation and scaling invariance can be achieved using the regular moments as described in the following subsection.
Calculation of the Moments
The definition for a regular moment mpq is:
m pq =∫∫x p y q f(x,y)dxdy (1)
For binary images, the above equation can be expressed in a discrete form as follows:
In the presented scheme all low order moments needed for shape normalization are derived from the boundary contour points. This approach is much faster in comparison to calculating moments from the above definition equations. For calculating moments from the boundary, a similar method to the one shown in "Herbert Freeman. Computer processing of Line-Drawing Images, Computing Surveys, Vol 6, No 1, March 1974" for deriving the area of the shape from a simple chain code may be used. Here this method is extended for moments m01 and m10.
With reference to
From equation 2 the formulas for the low order moments of trapezoid (m00 t, m10 t, m01 t) as functions of its vertices can be easily derived:
Note that m00 t and m10 t have negative values for vertices from the upper border of the shape (subtractive component 18) and positive values for vertices from lower border (additive component 19). Similarly m01 t has negative values for the left part of the shape and positive for the right part (not shown in the figure).
Low order moments of the whole shape can be calculated as a sum of moments of all trapezoids as follows:
where V denotes the set of all vertices (contour points) of the shape.
The computation of all necessary moments (m00 t, m10 t, m01 t) of the shape takes time linear to the number of vertices. Equations 3, 4 and 5 can be implemented in a very efficient manner since they have many common components (sums).
Using low order moments, the coordinates of the center of the shape can be calculated as follows:
where xc and yc are the coordinates of the centroid of the shape.
Scaling invariance can be obtained by rescaling the coordinates of the shapes vertices by the central moment m00. The scaling factor of the present object size, compared with the expected size, is:
where AREA is a chosen constant—the same for all compared shapes.
Finally, the translation and scale normalized shape can be obtained by changing the vertices coordinates according to the following transformation:
An example of translation and size normalization of the shapes is shown in
For the rest of this description we let the sequence of (x(s),y(s)) represent the translation and scale normalized contour.
Extraction of the Starting Points (Step 110)
It will be appreciated that a rotation of the object region or changing the point from which the tracing of the boundary of the region started should not affect the shape analysis. One possible solution to this problem could be to evaluate similarity/dissimilarity measure for every pair of contour points.
In the presented approach, the set of the most likely starting points is chosen from the shape to speed up the search. The chosen set depends mainly on the shape and it is assumed that only some of the starting points from the whole set will be affected by its deformations. The number of chosen starting points can be regulated by two parameters. More than one set of starting points can be stored for one shape in the database to allow the user to choose the speed and accuracy of the search for the optimal match.
According to a preferred implementation of the present invention, the following scheme for choosing starting points is used:
The intensity of the search for the optimal rotation between two shapes can be varied by pd and pn. It is possible by changing parameters pd and pn to perform fast, normal or extensive search for optimal rotation alignment. Although the search is performed at a later step, the intensity of the search depends on how many starting points are chosen at this stage. As such it can be a key contributing factor to the overall efficiency of the process. However, in most cases good results can be achieved by choosing the values as pd=0.7 and
They lead to around 2 to 4 starting points for elongated shapes and to around 20 for circular shapes. An example of an extracted starting point set is shown in
Matching (Step 120)
In this stage the search for the best rotation alignment between two shapes is performed. The extracted set of starting points are used to narrow down the search space. For each checked rotation the similarity/dissimilarity measure is calculated. The lowest dissimilarity measure obtained during this search is taken as the final dissimilarity degree between two shapes. The detailed description of calculating a dissimilarity measure for given set of starting points is explained in the next subsection.
In the presented technique the preferred search operates as following:
The rotation between starting points can be compensated as illustrated in
x′(s)=x(s)cos α−y(s)sin α (12)
y′(s)=x(s)sin α+y(s)cos α (13)
Similarity/Dissimilarity Measure
The presented similarity/dissimilarity metric is based on the distances between the contour points of two shapes. Before calculating the similarity/dissimilarity between two shapes, the correspondence problem between the contour points from both shapes must first be solved. The simple assignment of the contour points could be based on their indexes (staring from the starting points), but it is not robust to shape deformations (especially contour noise). An example of such simple assignment is shown in the
Imagine that two control points cpA and cpB are moving along the contours A and B, beginning from aligned starting points. They move along contours in N′ steps and for each step the distance between them is obtained. Each step consists of two stages. During the first stage, each control point moves one position forward in the contour point sequence. For the new position, the euclidean distance |dc(i)| between the coordinates of these control points is calculated. During the second stage, the distances between control points and next contour points in another contour (|dAB(i)| and |dBA(i)|) are calculated. If one of these is smaller than |dc(i)| the appropriate control point moves one position forward to minimize the distance between cpA and cpB. The distance |d(i)| for the step i is obtained as a minimum of the distances |dc(i)|, |dAB(i)| and |dBA(i)|.
In this way control points move together along the contours as closely as possible. Usually they move only one position forward during one step, but one of them can move two positions if it produces a smaller distance between them. In other words, in some parts of the contours the control point from shape A can move faster whereas for another parts the control point from shape B can move faster. In this case faster means two positions in the contour point sequence per one step. Note that in such a way some contour points are skipped. An example of a step while skipping one contour point is shown in
The distances between the contour points assigned in this way are used to calculate the similarity/dissimilarity between two shapes.
When walking simultaneously along two contours the measured distances between contour points from both shapes should be relatively small. Moreover, they should not change along the curves. If the shapes are similar, the standard deviation of these distances should be small and strongly dependent on the degree of dissimilarity between the shapes. The proposed metric takes advantage of this facts. It is based on both: the geometrical distances between assigned contour points and their variations along both contours.
The average distance between contours can be calculated from the following equation:
where |di| denotes the euclidian distance between the coordinates of the contour points assigned in step i.
The standard deviation of the distances can be calculated from the following equation:
The proposed dissimilarity degree measure can be defined as:
cirmin adjusts the dissimilarity metric to human perception of dissimilarity of two shapes depending on the complexity of the shapes. It has been observed by the present inventors that humans perceive even small differences between two simple shapes as significant, in contrast with the differences between two more complicated shapes for which small differences are not so important. Assuming, that the shape is size normalized the circumference can be used as a measure of the complexity of the shape.
Such a dissimilarity degree measure gives values close to zero for very similar shapes and values one and greater then one for significantly different shapes. Based on this the percentage similarity degree measure can be defined as:
It gives values from 0% to 100% (values close to 0% for significantly different shapes and close to 100% for similar shapes).
It will be appreciated that a method of providing a dissimilarity measure between two sets of data has been described. Such a method according to the present invention enables a real time comparison between a first or reference set of data and a second set which is compared against the first. The use of such techniques is advantageous for retrieval performance when used for searching databases for images having similar shapes to a query image. The presented method outperforms all existing shape matching algorithms in the MPEG7 Core Experiment CE-Shape-1 (part B). Compared to existing methods, the proposed shape analysis technique is very fast for on-line similarity calculations between shapes taken directly from binary images.
By implementing a technique according to the present invention it is possible to efficiently develop applications which require a large number of comparisons between images of binary shapes. One example is advanced image databases. When determining the similarity between images a number of features can be used such as colour and texture. However, another important feature is the shape of the objects present in the scene. As such, this approach is an important tool when indexing large archives of images for browse and search and retrieval. Furthermore, due to its efficiency it could be successfully applied to video clips and find application in shape-based retrieval from video archives. Current producers of video management tools typically use only use features based on a temporal segmentation of the video and extracted keyframes. However, the next generation of these systems will require more sophisticated features and the proposed approach is an ideal candidate for this. Another example application where similar technology is already being used is trademark logo databases. When a new trademark or logo is designed, its shape characteristics can be used to determine whether or not it is too similar to existing trademarks or logos. Using techniques such as provided by the present invention enable a measurement or dissimilarity value to be calculated so as to enable empirical comparisons.
It will be appreciated that the present invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment thereof and that any sequence of steps outlined above are illustrative of the techniques of the present invention and that it is not intended to limit the application to any one set of steps of sequence thereof except as may be deemed necessary in the light of the appended claims.
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Edited by
- Toshiro Doi, Professor of Manufacturing Processes, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
- Ioan D. Marinescu, University of Toledo, OH, USA
- Syuhei Kurokawa
Most of the applications of these processes are kept as confidential as possible (proprietary information), and specific details are not seen in professional or technical journals and magazines. This book makes these processes and applications accessible to a wider industrial and academic audience.
Building on the fundamentals of tribology – the science of friction, wear and lubrication – the authors explore the practical applications of CMP and polishing across various market sectors. Due to the high pace of development of the electronics and semiconductors industry, many of the presented processes and applications come from these industries.
AudienceMechanical and electrical engineers in the precision manufacturing and semiconductor industries; scientists and engineers working in the fields of CMP, polishing and tribology.
Book information
- Published: December 2011
- Imprint: WILLIAM ANDREW
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Device fabrication with a silicon crystal substrate
Chapter 3: Ultra-precision technology – taking silicon single crystal as an example
Chapter 4: Applications of ultra-precision CMP in device processes
Chapter 5: The future of processing technology
Chapter 6: Progress of the semiconductor and silicon industries
Chapter 7: Summary